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Session Topic: Wholesale Access Experience
When? Thursday, March 13 15:30-17:30 HKT
Where? Hong Kong
The Broadband Forum’s Service Provider Action Council (SPAC) will be holding a Special open Service Provider Action Council Session at the Spring Member Meeting 2025 in Hong Kong, focussing on the topic of ‘Wholesale Access Services’. The session will be open to all BBF members and to non-BBF members as invited guests.
The session will provide the opportunity for Service Providers to highlight friction points and opportunities to improve the standards and specifications that enable wholesale broadband access services.
As telecommunications evolve to meet the demands of a hyper-connected world, wholesale access services play a pivotal role in enabling seamless connectivity and fostering innovation. The BBF invite Network Operators and Internet Service Providers to submit presentation proposals focussed on actual work that is missing from standards to support the needs of the ‘Open Access’ and wholesale markets. Some suggested areas for discussion but we welcome any other key topics from potential speakers include:
- Speed tests when the open access provider can only have visibility at L2 level.
- Security at differing peering points
- QoE measurements and regulator requests
- CPE device manageability and tests
- Sustainability and carbon footprint – targets apportionment in multi-player scenarios for broadband services
- Regulator relations – how to propose standards-based best practices for wholesale services to regulators.
- Beyond “BITSTREAM” – new open access approaches to allow more differentiation and flexibility to retail ISPs
- Network Slicing models beyond FANS
Presentations are expected to provide input as to “How the Broadband Forum should address the issue(s) under discussion with ongoing or new Projects”
General aim of SPAC special sessions:
The Service Provider Action Council special session will host strategic themed discussions that:
- Align with BBF strategic vision
- Highlight industry trends and/or market needs from a Service Provider perspective
- Directly impacts or influences future BBF work
Guidance for prospective speakers:
Please send through the following information by COB Friday, February 7th to spac-lead@broadband-forum.org
– Presentation title
– Presentation abstract (2-3 paragraphs)
– Speaker name, job title, bio and headshot
– Speaker contact number (to be used in technical emergency)
– Confirmation of in person presentation or virtual
– The allocated time for each session will be dependent on the number of approved submissions. (typically, 25-minute slots are allocated including some Q&A time at the end of the presentation)
*Please note while this is a special ‘Open SPAC’ session and vendors are welcome to attend. This session is open to speaker proposals from Service Providers only*
Proposers will be informed if they were selected as speakers by COB Friday, February 14th.
Final presentations should be submitted no later than COB Friday, February 28th. Please ensure presentations are sent in PowerPoint format.
If you have any further questions, please email spac-lead@broadband-forum.org